© Andy Wong/AFP via Getty ImagesVice President Joe Biden, center, tours a Hutong alley with his granddaughter Finnegan Biden, right, and son Hunter Biden, left, in Beijing, China on Dec. 5, 2013.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani alleged that Hunter Biden admitted in an unverified text that he gave half his salary to his father, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
Giuliani, who is President Donald Trump's personal attorney, made the accusation during an
exclusive interview with Daily Caller White House correspondent Christian Datoc. Hunter Biden's comments allegedly came during an unconfirmed text exchange with his daughter that hasn't been reported or published and was obtained by Giuliani.
"All during the time that I've been disrespected, I've been the one who has supported this family for 30 years, and unlike pop I'm not going to require you to give half of your salary to me," Giuliani said, quoting the unconfirmed text from Hunter Biden.
Giuliani alleged that the unverified text was "direct evidence" that Joe Biden leveraged his political power in the U.S. government to receive bribes from foreign actors through his son. Giuliani recited the alleged text from Hunter Biden after Datoc pushed him on not having direct evidence of corruption.
"This guy has made a mockery out of being a senator and a vice president," Giuliani, who alleged that the Bidens became millionaires through illicit bribery payments, told the Daily Caller.
He continued, "They sold Joe Biden's public office."
Earlier in the interview, Giuliani said his allegations were supported by evidence he obtained from a hard drive he said belonged to Hunter Biden. The Daily Caller News Foundation has not verified the evidence, which includes emails and photos.
Giuliani said he obtained a copy of the hard drive from the owner of a Delaware computer hardware repair store. He said the store owner gave the original copy to the FBI, multiple copies to his friends and a final copy to Giuliani's lawyer, Robert Costello.
The New York Post
published the first in a series of articles reporting information, which Giuliani shared with the paper, from the alleged hard drive on Wednesday morning. One unconfirmed email appeared to indicate that Hunter Biden set up a meeting between an executive of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings and Joe Biden while he was vice president, according to the Post.
Comment: Giuliani
claims the shop owner gave extra copies of the data to friends in case he's 'killed'. Given the proclivity of those who cross the Democrat machine to turn up
dead, it's not an unreasonable thought
"He gave two to friends of his in case he was killed," Giuliani, who shared information from the drive with the New York Post this week, claimed.
For anyone thinking such words may be a bit extreme, Giuliani insisted it was a real concern, because of "very dangerous" people trying to protect the Bidens.
"Don't laugh," he told the interviewer. "The presidency is at stake and we have some very dangerous people involved. I've been in law enforcement long enough to know you don't laugh at that. The reality is, he kept four copies and gave two to friends in case he was killed."
Joe Biden has denied the legitimacy of Giuliani's claims and called the Post report on his son a "smear campaign."
Trump's supporters are calling it a
death blow to Biden's campaign, while Steve Bannon told interviewers Hunter's lawyers were desperate to recover the laptop.
Despite questions over the authenticity of damaging content from a hard drive allegedly belonging to Joe Biden's son, Hunter, Donald Trump has said the data is a "proven fact," with Steve Bannon promising there is more to come.
Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, who was brought in to help with the release of the Hunter Biden data, has also promised that much more is to come, including emails he claims are from Hunter Biden's attorney requesting the hard drive back.
"Hunter Biden's lawyer has come to us both with phone calls and with emails saying, 'Hey, I've got to get the hard drive back,'" Bannon told Sky News on Sunday.
"They admit it's their hard drive," he added, promising that if the emails need to be released, "we will release them."
In a separate interview with the Revolver over the weekend, Bannon promised that "We already have set in motion the various apparatuses that will release everything," and said "The Bidens are about to be hit with multiple stories from multiple media sources based off evidence beyond the hard drive."
Not looking good for Creepy Joe . . . .
Comment: Giuliani claims the shop owner gave extra copies of the data to friends in case he's 'killed'. Given the proclivity of those who cross the Democrat machine to turn up dead, it's not an unreasonable thought Trump's supporters are calling it a death blow to Biden's campaign, while Steve Bannon told interviewers Hunter's lawyers were desperate to recover the laptop. Not looking good for Creepy Joe . . . .